reassemble

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/ˌɹiːəˈsɛmbəl/

verb

To assemble again.

OriginEnglish assemble ← Middle English assemblen ← Old French assembler →
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Meanings

verbreassemble (third-person singular simple present reassembles, present participle reassembling, simple past and past participle reassembled)

present singular third person reassembles · participle present reassembling · participle past reassembled · past reassembled

  1. To assemble again.
  2. To put back together; to reverse the process of disassembly.

    Once the concrete for each section has cured, the wall sections are disassembled and reassembled further along, while the inner section is moved along ready for the next section to be constructed.

    2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rebuild

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-
  12. Proto-Italic*semalis
  13. Latinsimilis
  14. Latinsimulō
  15. Medieval Latinassimulō
  16. Old Frenchassembler
  17. Middle Englishassemblen
  18. Englishassemble
  19. Englishreassemble

From re- + assemble.

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Translations

Catalan reconstruir
  • reconstruirto assemble again
Czech přestavět
  • přestavětto assemble again
French rassembler, reconstruire
  • rassemblerto assemble again
  • reconstruireto assemble again
Italian riaggregarsi, rimontare
  • riaggregarsito assemble again
  • rimontareto assemble again
  • ricostruireto assemble again
Korean 재조립하다
  • 재조립하다 (jaejoriphada)to assemble again
Latin restauro
  • restauroto assemble again
Portuguese remontar, reconstruir
  • remontarto assemble again
  • reconstruirto assemble again
Russian пересобира́ть, пересобра́ть
  • пересобира́ть (peresobirátʹ)to assemble again
  • пересобра́ть (peresobrátʹ)to assemble again
Spanish reconstruir
  • reconstruirto assemble again
Cite this entry
APA

reassemble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassemble

MLA

“reassemble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassemble. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reassemble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassemble.

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